Great Wolf Lodge Waterpark, Texas, United States
4.0 (556 reviews) Spent Ranking #4 in Grapevine Water Parks
Stay down the road and get a day pass
Our family consisted of a 7 yr old, a 2-1/2 yr old, their parents and 70+ grandparents. This is our r (the grandparents) first visit and we were delighted. Great Wolf has something to offer for everyone and is especially good at family activities. The pool area is a lot of fun for everyone, has life jackets in every area for the children, has a nice toddler area, a fun house, a lazy river, slides for all ages, a wave pool, a regular pool, an adult only hot tub as well as a family friendly one and I’m sure other things I’ve left out. Regarding the lazy river, it was good but I think the water pressure when you go under the falls is too heavy/hard coming down and I had to put my hands on the top of my head to protect it from the water beating down on it. There are generous sized towels given out based on the number of people in your room. Great Wolf’s most highly rated (by the kids themselves) activity is Magi Quest. You buy magic wands for the kids (reusable every visit). They follow a guide to find objects on each of the floors and insert their wands in the object. There are guides for toddlers as well as older kids who can choose from 3 different guides. Great Wolf characters march through the restaurant at breakfast and dinner and are available fir picture taking. I wouldn’t pay for a character breakfast, just eat at the regular restaurant and see the characters there. Evening activities are a lot of fun. The kids enjoyed the games, snowflake making and story time in their pj’s. Morning yoga for the kids is a great idea too. The rooms and beds were comfortable and very clean. The wait for elevators can be a couple of minutes sometimes but not a problem. We got through check in in 15 minutes and this was during Christmas break! Very efficient and friendly staff. Many families we talked with go to Great Wolf every year.
Address
100 Great Wolf Dr Tickets sales for 4 auth and 5 kids only ticks, Grapevine, TX 76051-0962
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Website
http://www.greatwolf.com/grapevine/waterpark/overview
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 0:33
User Ratings
4.0 based on (556 reviews)
Reviews
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4Lisamar M 5:00 PM Mar 9, 2020
This place is good but expensive so be prepared.
This is our fourth time coming to Great Wolf Lodge. Thankfully the hotel rooms have mini fridge and microwave ovens. However, now they are stricter in the waterpark side and are no longer allowing snacks into it. So, that means if you want a snack/drink you either purchase them there or go back to your room and eat there. Sometimes going back to your room can mean a good trek. On the other hand, the snack places have gotten better with the years and now have a regular fare of American food (burgers, chicken fingers, hot dogs, pizza, salads, etc.) and drinks (water, soda, beers, mixed drinks, etc.) so there are options if you don’t feel like going back to the room. If you travel with young children (5 and under) do not bother with the pup passes. They are not attentive enough or tall enough to do many of the activities. If they are above 6 it can be worthwhile to do at least once. For teens, it depends on their particular interests. I have seen many teenagers be bored by the Magic Quest or Shadow Quest. The cleanliness of the pools varies with season. During the summer months traffic is higher so it can get dirtier quickly. The smell of chlorine can be overwhelming for some with nasal sensitivities. The skin feels it so come prepared to lather yourself with body lotion after the pool. Tips: Bring food items from home that can be reheated in the microwave and/or remain in a cooler or mini fridge. Particularly breakfast so you can start your day quickly and inexpensively. Bring disposable silverware or dishwashing soap if you want to reuse. Hallways can be noisy even at night depending on the season and volume of guests so earplugs or white noise machines can help little ones settle. Although they are usually so tired that they go out quickly at night. The goggles at their store tend to be too small so bring from home. Your eyes will thank you. For dinner, we usually go out or have food delivered to the hotel since it is expensive at the hotel. Their restaurants are good and we have tried them at least once but as we grew as a family it became prohibitive. Finally, subscribe to their email list to be notified of sales or Groupon for discounted rooms.
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3Ellie B 5:00 PM Sep 7, 2020
Stay down the road and get a day pass
Rooms need maintenance and cleaning. Stayed in a family suite 2 bedroom 2 bath. The master bath toilet would not flush and the sink and shower had a slow drain. Maintenance was notified and after 2 visits they did fix the toilet but the drains were never fixed. Second bathroom the shower handle was broken and would not stay in place it would slowly turn from gravity to either really hot or really cold, you had to try to balance it in the middle and get in and out quickly. Maintenance advised they couldn’t fix it on a holiday weekend because they had to turn off water to certain areas of the hotel. Not enough seating in the room for all of us, so my son in law sat on the floor where he promptly found nail clippings on the carpet!! Also we found long black hairs on the shower walls! Gross!!! Due to COVID housekeeping only came in during our 3 day stay pull trash, our towels were never exchanged and the coffee was never refilled. The Buffet during COVID is overpriced and the servers told us they could only serve a certain portion size, but we could come back through the line, but the lines were ridiculously long the family was done eating before the last person got to sit down. Waterpark was very enjoyable the kids loved it, although one day of our stay the chemicals seemed to be off as it burned our eyes just walking around in the inside area. The biggest issue with the inside area we found was the ill placed adjustable blue sprayer in the toddlers area, the bigger kids would hold the sprayer in the babies and toddlers faces as they tried to slide, of course there were no parent to stop them because the kids were to big to be in This section so it left the toddlers parents to try to stop the older kids from assaulting the smaller ones. I even witnessed a parent lose it on one of the bigger kids for continuously spraying her and her baby in the face. She jerk one end of the sprayer away from him causing it to spin around and hit him and knock him down. Although I thought he deserved that for being a sh**, it could be prevented by taking that thing out, it was an issue everyday that I was there.
